Race day is windy but dry. Our
hotel is about the half way point on the half marathon route but first we have to drive
up to the assembly point at Giljanes school in Sandavágur. From there they bus
us the whole length of the course to the start in the village of Gásadalur.
There are two starts, one for walkers at 8.30 and one for runners at 9.30. There
are a lot of walkers.
The whole route is stunning and an experience but no experience
is like the start which is downhill from Gásadalur then back up into a tunnel which
must have been a km long in the dark. Thereafter we hug the coast, go past our
hotel, through the airport and then onwards past a Johnny Cash impersonator to the finish by the church in
Sandavágur.
It's not a fast course by any stretch of the imagination
but I’m very pleased with my 1:47. Ten minutes quicker than my Erewash time.
We adjourn to the school were we are treated to the local Hiddenfjord salmon, lots of homemade cakes and coffee. Then it’s back to the hotel for the post-race debrief and to crack open a few of the local beers.
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